Cuff-holder



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P. A. JONES.

'GU'FF HOLDER.

Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERRY A. JONES, OF SEYMOUR, INDIANA.

CUFF-HOLDER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,757, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed May 29, 1886.

. To .aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY A. J ONES a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Seymour, in the county of Jackson and State view of a shirt'sleeve and cuff, having my im-- proved holder attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my cuff-holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ofasleeve clasp or tongue and its spring.

S is the sleeve of a shirt O, the cuff.

A B are parallel or nearly parallel bars, which may be made square, round, or, flat. To one end of bars A B is attached the stud or post 0, to which thebutton b is trunnioned near its upper ends by means of lugs H H,set eocentrically on its inward face.

F is a spring securely fastened to the inward face of button b near its outward rim, then passing across its disk to a point between lugs H H, where its free end rests on post c. Atthe other ends of the bars A B are crossbars or an L-shaped lateral projectionform ing-jaws, c c, in which the tongue or clasp B is trunnioned atI to be operated on by spring B The spring B is firmly secured to jaws c c by stirrup G, and forms a floor between the jaws, providing a smooth bearing-surface resting on the arm. At the trunnioned end of clasp or tongue B, Fig. 3, is seen a V-shaped notch, E, into which the free end of the spring B drops when the clasp is opened, as seen in Fig. 2. Pressing on the clasp returns it to its position between the jaws,where it is firmly held by the spring, as seen in sectional view, Fig'. 3. By turning the buttonb in a perpendicular position with reference to thebars A B, as seen in Fig. 2, it is then inserted in the on the wrist.

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adjustment regulates the position of the cuff The firm hold taken on the shirtsleeve by the clasp is very much increased by the roughened under surface of the same, and also by the intervening edges of the clasp and jaws, over which the fabric is drawn by the constant pressure of the clasp maintained by the spring. It will be noticed that it is impossible to release the hold of the clasp on the sleeve by the arm resting on the desk or table, as is the case with some cuff-holders. On the contrary,such pressure tends to increase its hold. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Let-ters'Patent, 1

.set forth.

2. The cuff-button b, havinglugs H Hsecured to one side of center, or eccentrically on under side of said button, in combination with post 0, parallel bars A B, spring F, and a clasp for securing the device to the sleeve, as set forth.

3. A cuff-holder having at one end means, substantially as described, for connecting with a cuff, and provided at its other end with lateral jaws-O, combined with a clasp, B, and

spring B", all being constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a cuff-holder provided at one end with means, substantially as described, for connecting with a end, of jaws 0, arranged at the opposite end of such holder,

the clasp B, the spring B and the stirrup G,

as and for the purposes specified.

, PERRY A. JONES.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. PETER, JOHN F. SHIEL. 

